learn
verb (used with object)
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience.
was learning
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past progressiveof learn.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It helped that Charles was learning from some of the best in the world.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
I think a part of that was learning that for myself and opening up and saying, “Yo, let me put some science into this.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
"The breakthrough was learning how to turn that time-lapse into hourly maps of currents by tracking how temperature patterns bend, stretch and move from one hour to the next."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
It was learning all the rules required in track and field that needed to be mastered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Since I was the ringleader, he’d try to distract me by asking what skills I was learning in gymnastics.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
